Deepak Chopra Quotes
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I was that weird eight-year-old who was really interested in Shakespeare and understood it and appreciated the language.
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When I was a young actor in Vienna, already my hair was falling out at a rapid rate. I went to a doctor, who said hair was like grass: if you mow it, then it grows back stronger. So I went to Brittany, where nobody knew me, and I shaved my head. When it grew back - only the fringes!
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If your response to the first black president is to say they weren't born in this country... you might be a white supremacist.
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I've been very blessed in my personal life and in my career and I have never been ungrateful for what I have.
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Whenever there's negotiations, there's things that you absolutely love, and there's things that you accept.
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Le Cirque at first was one of those general French restaurants in town, which were cooking more or less the same food. At Le Cirque, I wanted to do something different while respecting the foundation of the restaurant. I did that through the menu.
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I am an introvert. I should get that out there now.
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I don't know what it means to be out there against the Olympics.
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Whether one believes in a religion or not, and whether one believes in rebirth or not, there isn't anyone who doesn't appreciate kindness and compassion.
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In all sports, people get competitive; things happen that shouldn't happen.
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In any character I ever play, whether she's good or bad or whatever, my most important thing is heart.
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For everyone of us that succeeds, it's because there's somebody there to show you the way out.
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We know that a smarter Australia means a stronger Australia. An Australia able to grasp the opportunities of the Asian Century. A skilled workforce and a strong, productive and resilient economy. We know we'll only win the economic race in the Asian Century if we win the education race.
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The power of a book lies in its power to turn a solitary act into a shared vision. As long as we have books, we are not alone.
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I loved to do sports when I was young. We were on a family holiday and went sailing. I just loved it. And there, you can say, life began to change for me.
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I think of my brother just out of prison again. He will have spent ten years of the last 30 in prison.
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For me, making my intent clear to the batsman before he stamps his authority is important. Playing with his mind is a way of attacking rather than setting attacking fields.
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Just as our eyes need light in order to see, our minds need ideas in order to conceive.
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Our senses are not receptors so much as reactors and makers of different modalities of space. Perhaps touch is not just skin contact with things, but the very life of things in the mind. (p. 256)
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The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands in times of challenge and controversy. The true neighbor will risk his position, his prestige, and even his life for the welfare of others. In dangerous valleys and hazardous pathways, he will lift some bruised and beaten brother to a higher and more noble life.
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The academic area of new music or modern music festivals is not something which attracts me at all.
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Working on 'Mad Men' was an incredible experience. It was such an incredible show with beautiful writing and so much complexity.
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Happiness is a continuation of happenings which are not resisted.
